Job description
Agency Department of Health Work unit Sexual Assault Referral Centre
Job title Paediatric Specialist - Sexual Assault Designation Senior Staff Specialist Clinician SMO2.1 -
Referral Centre SMO2.3
Job type Full time Duration Fixed for 3 months
Salary $270,033 - $298,705 Location Darwin
Position number 25993 RTF 328411 Closing 02/09/2025
Contact officer Prudence Boylan on 08 8922 6472 or [email protected]
About the agency https://health.nt.gov.au/
Apply online https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=328411
APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR
TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS.
Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans
The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates
people with disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment
process or job, please discuss this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the
merit process, go to the OCPE website.
Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures
plans, go to the OCPE website.
Primary objective
As part of a multi-disciplinary Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) team the Paediatric Specialist provides the provision of
forensic, medical and follow up services to paediatric victims of sexual assault.
Key duties and responsibilities
1. Provide comprehensive forensic examination and medical care to children who have experienced sexual assault. This
includes medico-legal examinations, comprehensive documentation and reports for use in the legal system including as
an expert witness.
2. Identify and analyse service-related data in order to continually evaluate and improve service delivery.
3. Provide expert advice on matters relating to child sexual assault.
4. Develop and maintain strong and effective networks within the health sector, police and legal services and other relevant
service providers in order to promote and support SARC’s objectives, profile and services to those services and the wider
community.
5. Follow defined service quality standards, work health and safety policies and procedures relating to the work being
undertaken in order to ensure high quality, safe services and workplaces.
Selection criteria
Essential
1. Registered as a medical practitioner with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, and a Fellow of an
appropriate College or hold a postgraduate Fellowship medical qualification e.g. FRACGP, FRACP, and FACRRP.
2. Completed not less than the equivalent of six years of full-time service in medical practice.
3. High-level knowledge and experience in child sexual assault medicine, both clinical and forensic, including statutory and
legal obligations, provision of written and oral expert opinion for court.
4. Demonstrated high level interpersonal, communication, negotiation and collaborative skills specifically around the area
of child sexual assault, and the ability to effectively participate as a member of a multidisciplinary team within a cross-
cultural environment, especially demonstrating an understanding of cultural safety with people from Aboriginal cultures.
5. Effective organisational skills and competence in the use of standard computer software including records and office
systems management, which have resulted in effective team and client outcomes.
Desirable
1. Certificate or Diploma in Forensic Medicine or ability to demonstrate progress towards attainment.
Further information
Positions may be subject to pre-employment checks such as immunisation requirements, working with children clearance
notice and criminal history checks. A criminal history will not exclude an applicant from this position unless it is a relevant
criminal history. For immunisation requirements - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances) or Category B
(indirect contact with blood or body substances), check with contact person for requirements.
